As its directors held further talks yesterday to try to save Galway Airport, a group of workers started a sit-in in the terminal out of fear they will not receive their redundancy entitlements.

Today is 'D-Day' for the financially crippled Galway Airport, as management at the facility meet with officials from the Department of Transport and Bank of Ireland.

ION Equity, owners of Topaz petrol stations, has dismissed rumours of an impending sale of its SWS subsidiary.